adding padding to the stylesheet of a QPushbutton disable animation

Question

When I add padding in a QPushButton's stylesheet the animation doesnt occur during button press,release:

QPushButton{ border: 1px solid green; padding: 2px; border-radius: 4px; }

By that, I mean the button text does not sink in.

Is this normal?

Answer 1

You need to define at least the pressed pseudo state. For instance :

QPushButton{ border: 1px solid green; border-radius: 4px; }
QPushButton:pressed{ border: 2px solid green; padding-left : 2px;
                     padding-top : 2px;border-radius: 4px; }

See Qt documentation : Customizing QPushButton

Answer 2

it is not possible to add padding and see the text sink in. The only way I could see it possible and I havent tried it would be to translate the text to the right and to the bottom on the pressed sub-control but that remains to be tested.